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Knowledge deficit
About: Knowledge deficit is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 858 publications have been published within this topic receiving 15197 citations.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the epistemological, ontological and praxeological dimensions of the discussion and in each domain identify a deficit, namely knowledge deficit, effectiveness or efficacy deficit, and application deficit.
Abstract: The idea that professional practices such as education should be based upon or at least be informed by evidence continues to capture the imagination of many politicians, policy makers, practitioners and researchers. There is growing evidence of the influence of this line of thought. At the same time there is a growing body of work that has raised fundamental questions about the feasibility of the idea of evidence-based or evidence-informed practice. In this paper I make a further contribution to this discussion through an analysis of a number of assumptions that inform the discussion. I focus on the epistemological, ontological and praxeological dimensions of the discussion and in each domain identify a deficit. In the epistemological domain there is a knowledge deficit, in the ontological domain an effectiveness or efficacy deficit and in the practice domain an application deficit. Taken together these deficits not only raise some important questions about the very idea of evidence-based practice but also highlight the role of normativity, power and values. Against this background I outline the case for the idea of value-based education as an alternative for evidence-based education. As I am generally concerned about the expectations policy makers hold about what evidence can and should achieve in professional practices such as education, my contribution is primarily meant to provide educators and other professionals with arguments that can help them to resist unwarranted expectations about the role of evidence in their practices and even more so of unwarranted interventions in their practices.
743 citations
TL;DR: This essay offers empirical evidence that demonstrates that scientists who have less positive attitudes toward the social sciences are more likely to adhere to the knowledge deficit model of science communication, and proposes some ways to uproot the deficit model and move toward more effective science communication efforts.
Abstract: Science communication has been historically predicated on the knowledge deficit model. Yet, empirical research has shown that public communication of science is more complex than what the knowledge deficit model suggests. In this essay, we pose four lines of reasoning and present empirical data for why we believe the deficit model still persists in public communication of science. First, we posit that scientists’ training results in the belief that public audiences can and do process information in a rational manner. Second, the persistence of this model may be a product of current institutional structures. Many graduate education programs in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields generally lack formal training in public communication. We offer empirical evidence that demonstrates that scientists who have less positive attitudes toward the social sciences are more likely to adhere to the knowledge deficit model of science communication. Third, we present empirical evidence of how scienti...
596 citations
TL;DR: It is suggested that an interdisciplinary, contextualised and psychologically sound approach to the study of risk is needed.
594 citations
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14 Oct 2002
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the public sphere of biotechnology and the role of the media in this process, and propose a knowledge deficit model to quantify the knowledge gap between the public and the biotechnology community.
Abstract: Introduction: 1. Understanding the public sphere of biotechnology Martin W. Bauer and George Gaskell Part I. The Framing of a New Technology: 1973-96: 2. Promise, problems and proxies: 25 years of European debate and regulation Helen Torgersen, Jurgen Hampel, Marie-Louise von Bergmann-Winberg, Eleanor Bridgman, John Durant, Edna Einsiedel, Bjorn Fjaestad, George Gaskell, Petra Grabner, Petra Hieber, Erling Jelsoe, Jesper Lassen, Athena Marouda-Chatjoulis, Torben Nielsen, Timo Rusanen, Georges Sakellaris, Franz Seifert, Carla Smink, Tomasz Twardowski and Merci Wambui Kamara 3. Media coverage: trends and dynamics in the opinion-leading press Jan M. Gutteling, Anna Olofsson, Bjorn Fjaestad, Matthias Kohring, Alexander Goerke, Martin W. Bauer and Timo Rusanen. With the further co-operation of Agnes Allansdottir, Anne Berthomier, Suzanne de Cheveigne, Helle Frederiksen, George Gaskell, Martina Leonarz, Miltos Liakopoulos, Arne Thing Mortensen, Andrezj Przestalski, Georg Ruhrmann, Maria Rusanen, Michael Schanne, Franz Seifert, Angeliki Stathopoulou and Wolfgang Wagner 4. The institutions of bioethics: a comparison of Denmark, France, Italy and Greece Jean-Christophe Galloux, Arne Thing Mortensen, Suzanne de Cheveigne, Agnes Allansdottir, Aigli Chatjouli, Georges Sakellaris 5. Controversy, mass media coverage and public knowledge Martin W. Bauer and Heinz Bonfadelli Part II. Public Representations in 1996: Structures and Functions: 6. Traditional blue and modern green resistance: the complexities of scepticism Torben Hviid Nielsen, Erling Jelsoe and Susanna Olsson 7. The structures of public perceptions Cees Midden, Daniel Boy, Edna Einsiedel, Bjorn Fjaestad, George Gaskell, Miltos Liakopoulos, Jon Miller, Susanna Olsson and Wolfgang Wagner 8. Regional culture - contextualising the knowledge deficit model Nicholas C. Allum, Daniel Boy and Martin Bauer 9. Pandora's genes - images of gene technology and nature Wolfgang Werner, Nicole Kronberger, Nicholas C. Allum, Suzanne de Cheveigne, Carmen Diego, George Gaskell, Marcus Heinssen, Cees Midden, Marianne Odegaard, Susanna Olsson, Bianca Rizzo, Timo Rusanen and Angeliki Stathopoulou Part III. The Watershed Years 1996/7: Two Case Studies: 10. Testing times - the reception of Round-Up Ready soya in Europe Jesper Lassen, Agnes Allansdottir, Miltos Liakopoulos, Arne Thing Mortensen and Anna Olofsson 11. Brave new sheep - the clone named Dolly Edna Einsiedel, Agnes Allansdottir, Nicholas C. Allum, Martin W. Bauer, Anne Berthomier, Aigli Chatjouli, Suzanne de Cheveigne, Ronnie Downey, Jan M. Gutteling, Matthias Kohring, Martina Leonarz, Frederica Manzoli, Anna Olofsson, Andrezj Przestalski, Timo Rusanen, Franz Seifert, Angeliki Stathopoulou and Wolfgang Wagner Part IV. The Transatlantic Puzzle: 12. Worlds apart? Public opinion in Europe and the USA George Gaskell, Paul Thompson and Nicholas C. Allum Part V. Towards a Social Theory of New Technology: 13. The biotechnology movement: assimilating and accommodating the public sphere Martin W. Bauer and George Gaskell.
487 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a questionnaire was used to examine the importance of certain destination attributes for French tourists and to determine how French visitors rate Ireland's performance with respect to these attributes pre- and postvisitation.
Abstract: Ireland is highly dependent on tourism as an employment and revenue generator. Recent trends, however, suggest that visitors from France, one of Ireland’s key source markets, may have peaked. Tourism images are critical to the success of any destination, particularly because of how they affect the level of satisfaction with the tourist experience. Ireland is frequently acknowledged as a successfully branded and marketed tourism destination. Nonetheless, few image studies to date have focused specifically on Ireland, and none has analyzed the image of Ireland as a tourism destination in France. The aim of this study, therefore, was to redress this knowledge deficit. A questionnaire was used to examine the importance of certain destination attributes for French tourists and to determine how French visitors rate Ireland’s performance with respect to these attributes pre- and postvisitation. This information was subsequently incorporated into an importance-performance analysis grid.
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